Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
Community discussion focuses on revitalizing West Brattleboro WEST BRATTLEBORO - A community discussion on ways to revitalize West Brattleboro will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. This will be facilitated by the West Brattleboro Association (WBA) and will be held in the Community Room of Hayes Court on Garfield Drive (just west of the West Brattleboro Post Office). The group invites any and all to come learn about and discuss the report “Revitalizing Southern Vermont's Villages –
Susie Webster-Toleno: I can't stop thinking about the scenes from Charlottesville. I'm so angry that the ugliness on display is still a thing, and yet feel so helpless about it. I hear (“well-meaning”) white liberals expressing ire but also saying, “but, of course, free speech.” I simply can't imagine how that sounds to people of color and Muslim and Jewish folks and LGBTQI-etc. friends and neighbors. Yes, free speech. But I have the ability to emphasize that point precisely because...
The Windham Orchestra is looking for more than a few adventurous souls to join its 'rabble' chorus. Puccini's Turandot includes a large group of singers tackling such roles as a bloodthirsty mob shouting for a beheading, to name one example. Given the opera's size and scope, Windham Orchestra Musical Director Hugh Keelan is encouraging singers of any and all talent to join what he calls “the rabble chorus.” “This opera is one of the great spectacle operas,” Keelan explains. “The...
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